MG IM6 vs VW ID.5

The MG IM6 costs £11,000 more than the VW ID.5. For that premium it adds 37 miles more WLTP range, 231 kW faster peak rapid charging and 126 litres more boot space. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the VW ID.5 comes out ahead overall.

The VW ID.5 is £11,000 cheaper to buy. The VW ID.5 is cheaper to charge, roughly £152 a year versus £200 for the MG IM6, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the VW ID.5 comes out roughly £11,240 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 275 miles for the MG IM6 and 293 miles for the VW ID.5 - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The VW ID.5 goes roughly 19 miles further between charging stops. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 17 minutes in the MG IM6 and 29 in the VW ID.5, so the MG IM6 loses less time at each stop. So the VW ID.5 stops less often while the MG IM6 stops for less time - pick on which you would rather do.

The VW ID.5 is the easier car for tight UK car parks: it is 136 mm narrower than the MG IM6. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 548 mm of total clearance for the VW ID.5 and about 412 mm of total clearance for the MG IM6.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the MG IM6 and 84% for the VW ID.5. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.